Rothenburger

EDITORIAL – More talk than action at annual regional municipal conflab

April 30, 2024 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MAYORS AND COUNCILLORS, some 250 of them, from the Southern Interior get together in Kamloops starting today for some drinks, a round of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Eby’s backtrack on public drug use is a good start but that’s all

April 29, 2024 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DECISION to scale back decriminalization and seek a change allowing enforcement against wanton consumption on illicit drugs in public is [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – A conversation with the mayor, in his inner sanctum

April 28, 2024 // 5 Comments

I sat down with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson in his City Hall office Friday to discuss… his office, of course, and the controversy surrounding when he’s allowed to be [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – How governments self-promote instead of inform

April 27, 2024 // 5 Comments

ARE OUR PUBLIC BODIES in the information business, or the propaganda business? The answer might seem obvious but their way of going about it can be annoying. Every time one [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A fond farewell to the airwaves from the Armchair Mayor

April 25, 2024 // 8 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M AN OLD MAN. This is a fact I’ve been reluctant to acknowledge. I hate it when the media refer to anyone over the age of 60 as [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why was another ‘council’ photo taken without the mayor?

April 24, 2024 // 15 Comments

A short editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONCE AGAIN, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is left out of a photo of ‘Kamloops council.’ The above image showed up on my X/ [Continue]